Crony capitalism related news.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan did not reveal how much money was unaccounted for in the audit and admitted that they didn’t expect to pass.
Following in her predecessor’s footsteps, Philadelphia’s City Representative is accused of mishandling funds meant to improve the city.
A Wisconsin state lawmaker may be taking on an unpopular task by eliminating the exemption that state lawmakers currently have from record retention laws.
Time will tell if N.Y. and Va. will make up the $2 billion of incentives they used to lure Amazon for their new headquarters, or if the taxpayer will be left with the bill.
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(From CNBC) A federal judge on Friday granted CNN’s request for a court order that would temporarily reinstate network correspondent Jim Acosta’s White House press pass, which had been suspended indefinitely in the wake of a fiery exchange between the...
(From Reuters) Florida election officials on Thursday ordered a hand recount of ballots in the closely fought U.S. Senate race between Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson and his Republican challenger, Governor Rick Scott, after a machine recount showed them divided by...
(From AP News) At least 63 people are now dead from a Northern California wildfire, and officials say they have a missing persons list with 631 names on it in an ever-evolving accounting of the victims of the nation’s deadliest...
(From The Washington Examiner) Justice Department prosecutors inadvertently revealed Thursday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been charged under seal as part of a separate case connected to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, according to a report published late Thursday....
(From Fox News) The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday that a bill intended to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired should get a Senate vote. . . . [Sen. Jeff] Flake [on Wednesday] vowed to...
(From The Washington Free Beacon) The Arizona Republican Party announced Thursday it will conduct an independent audit of the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office after legal issues and other complaints arose in the days-long count to decide Arizona’s next senator. After...
(From The Washington Examiner) Newcomer Katie Porter, a Democrat, has unseated incumbent Republican Rep. Mimi Walters to take the Orange County, Calif., district, according to race results issued late Thursday. Porter’s victory marks the fifth House seat that Republicans have...
(From Science News) Using airborne ice-penetrating radar, scientists have discovered a 31-kilometer-wide crater — larger than the city of Paris — buried under as much as 930 meters of ice in northwest Greenland. The meteorite that slammed into Earth and...
This year at Davos George Soros made his opinion of Facebook pretty clear. In January The Guardian reported that according to Mr. Soros; “Facebook and Google have become “obstacles to innovation” and are a “menace” to society whose “days...
Every educated person should understand basic supply and demand. If someone is in the business of laking laws that the rest of us must adhere to, they should ABSOLUTELY have a basic understanding of supply and demand. Sadly, economic...
(From Politico) Nancy Pelosi is facing an unexpected flare-up on climate change that is complicating relationships among House Democrats ahead of crucial leadership elections. Incoming liberals, led by Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, are demanding Pelosi go beyond her...
(From Huffpost) A day after a lengthy New York Times investigation found that Facebook went to great and potentially unethical lengths to muffle criticism of its inaction over disinformation efforts on the site, CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the controversy. “I’ve said many...
